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A. HBYN. RAIL CHAIR. No. 449,261. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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A. HEYN.

RAIL CHAIR.

110.449,261. FQ Patented Mar.31,1891.

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ALFRED HEYN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAIL-CHMR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,261, dated March 31, 1891.

Application tiled July 31,1890. Serial No. 360,439. (No model.)

F0 @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED HEYN, of New York city, New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Chairs, of which the folloi'ving is such a. full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to make and understand the same, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an end view of the rail and chair. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

The chair consists of the two partsA and B, bolted together by the bolt C. The feetj'fot the chair are arranged so that they may touch one another at jl/ and forni a point of resist ance for the bolt C to act upon. The parts A and B are respectively provided with anges D E, on which the foot of the rail rests, and the legs d e project over the foot of the rail and hold it firmly in its seat. The parts A and B have also the upright. projections H I, made of a proper height to come in contact with the underside of the top of the rail. The ianges D and E are so cut that they do not make contact with one another, even when the bolt C is drawn up. The parts are so arranged that the feetff come in con tact with one another at y, and the grooves between D and d and E and e firmly grasp the foot of the rail R. -The bolt-holes A and B for bolt C may be raised near the [langes D E,ifdesired, and give a more firm grasp ofthe rail, although the position shown in the drawings has been found to give goed results.

The rail-chair is intended to be used with horse-car rails, and the drawings showa chair adapted to that use, although other forms c1"- rail may be used andthe projections H and l made to conform to the style of rail used.

Rail-chairs have been made in variousfo rms heretofore adapted to receive the rail and adapted to have abolt pass through the chair and the rail; but never before this my invention has a chair been made in which the foot of the rail has been held in position by grooves in the two parts of the chair7 clamped to the rail by a bolt between the contactpoint y and the grooves, so that the contactpoint y forms the point of resistance for the bolt C.

1What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

l. A rail-chair formed ot' two parts, each having an inwardly extending projection adapted to engage the bottom of the foot of the rail and support the saine, and with upwardly-extending projections lying out of contact with t-he web of the rail, adapted to en gage and support the flange of the rail, said upwardly-extending projections having inwardly-extending port-ions for engaging the top ot' the foot ofthe rail, and a bolt passing' through said parts below the foot ot' the rail for forcing said parts into engagement with the (lange and foot ol the rail, substantially as described.

2. A rail-chair formedot two parts, each of said parts having a supporting projection to engage and support the foot of the rail, and an upwardly extending projection lying wholly out of contact with the web of the rail, having an inclined upper end to engage an inclined portion of the iiange of the rail and support the same, said inwardly-extending projections having inwardlyextending inclined portions adapted to engage inclined portions of the foot of the rail and force it down upon said supporting projections, and a boltlying below the plane of the foot of the rail for drawing said parts upon the foot and flange ot' the rail and forcing said inclined portions together, said bolt forming the sole connection between said parts, substantially,

Witnesses:

JOSEPH J. SULLIVAN, LUKE J. GRIFFIN. 

